Table 1.

Patient characteristics of two groups.

	M group	P group	P
Age (year) mean ± SD	51.24 ± 5.80	49.94 ± 5.53	0.25
Gender			0.47
Male NO. (%)	28 (56%)	29.0 (58%)
Female NO. (%)	22 (44%)	21.0 (42%)
CTP class			0.34
B NO. (%)	31.00 (62%)	30.0 (60%)
C NO. (%)	19.00 (38%)	20.0 (40%)
Weight (kg) mean ± SD	73.02 ± 9.41	72.92 ± 8.88	0.96
Type of endoscopic intervention			0.22
Diagnostic NO. (%)	26 (52%)	25 (50%)
Sclerotherapy NO. (%)	14 (28%)	17 (34%)
Band ligation NO. (%)	10 (20%)	8 (16%)
Duration of endoscope (min) mean ± SD	20.00 ± 5.80	20.90 ± 6.68	0.47
Time for complete recovery (min) mean ± SD	40.90 ± 11.90	36.60 ± 12.43	0.08
Time for discharge (min) mean ± SD	64.00 ± 14.98	61.80 ± 17.37	0.50